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The story of Daniel Neeleman and the Ballerina fame homestead legacy

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Daniel Neeleman is a Utah-based businessman best known for his farm, Ballerina Farm. His marriage to former ballerina Hannah Neeleman, née Wright, has been the subject of both admiration and controversy.

Daniel Neeleman poses standing. He poses with his wife, Hannah Neeleman, during the Mrs. America pageant in 2024.
Daniel poses during a Utah Business Forward event. He poses with his wife, Hannah, during the Mrs. America pageant. Photo: @UtahBusiness on Facebook, @ballerinafarm on Instagram (modified by author)
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Full nameDaniel Neeleman
Common nameHog Fathering
GenderMale
Date of birth1990
Age35
Place of birthUtah, United States
NationalityAmerican
Current residenceKamas, Utah, United States
EthnicityWhite
ReligionMormon
SexualityStraight
Height in centimetres183
Height in feet6'0"
Weight in kilograms84
Weight in pounds185
Hair colourBlack and grey
Eye colourBrown
FatherDavid Gary Neeleman
MotherVicki Vranes
Siblings8
Marital statusMarried
SpouseHannah Neeleman
Children8
High schoolNew Canaan High School
CollegeBrigham Young University,University of Utah,Ballymaloe Cookery School
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Net worth$6 million
Social mediaInstagram

Daniel Neeleman was born in 1990 to David Gary Neeleman and Vicki Vranes in Utah, United States. He is 35 years old as of July 2025.

Neeleman was raised in New Canaan, Connecticut, in the United States, alongside his eight siblings.

His father, David Neeleman, is a well-to-do Brazilian-American businessman. He is the CEO of JetBlue Airways, his third air carrier business. David Neeleman and his college sweetheart, Vicki Vranes, were married for more than three decades between 1980 and 2013.

Top five facts about Daniel Neeleman
Top five facts about Daniel Neeleman of Ballerina Farm fame. Photo: @ballerinafarm on Facebook (modified by author)
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Neeleman attended New Canaan High School in Connecticut, United States. He was an active high school student, playing on the varsity lacrosse and football teams throughout his high school years. The number five midfielder graduated in 2007 and joined BYU in 2009.

At BYU, he pursued a Bachelor's degree in Arts while playing defence for the Cougars Men's Lacrosse team. He graduated in 2013.

Daniel Neeleman's college education continued at the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah between 2018 and 2020. Here, he completed his Master's in Business Administration.

Before embarking on the Ballerina Farm adventure, Daniel worked at his father's home security company, Vigzul. Like his father, the serial entrepreneur has dealings with DataDirect Networks (DDN) Group, a data intelligence company and Segware, a software monitoring company.

Daniel Neeleman and his wife pose before the 2022 Mrs. Utah America pageant.
Daniel Neeleman and his wife pose before the 2022 Mrs. Utah America pageant. Photo: @ballerinafarm
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In 2017, Daniel and his wife, Hannah Neelenan, started Ballerina Farm. This venture came after their first farm, in Spanish Fork, Utah, burned down. The celebrity couple's popularity began after they began sharing their daily activities on their 328-acre farm in Kamas, Utah, in the United States.

The family's farming business has expanded into a creamery. The farm's storefront sells baked goods, including frozen croissants, as well as beef, pork, and branded Ballerina Farm merchandise.

Additionally, Daniel and his wife run a direct-to-consumer business selling subscription boxes across San Francisco, Los Angeles, Rhode Island and New York. These boxes include a variety of beef and pork cuts.

Daniel Neeleman is married to Hannah Neeleman, who is famously known as Ballerina Farm. The pair met during Hannah's senior year at a BYU basketball game and clicked instantly.

Hannah Wright Neeleman's content creation journey crowned her the unofficial queen of the trad wives, a title that brought as much fame as it did controversy. Her content often centres around her children, and homemaking skills, such as cooking from scratch, and managing their farm animals.

Daniel and Hannah have eight children together: Henry, Charles, George, Frances, Lois, Martha, Mabel, and Flora. Their oldest child is about 13 years of age. While interacting with fans on TikTok, Daniel touched on the subject of the number of children they would like to have. He said;

We don't really have a number. We are just kind of going for it.

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Daniel Neeleman is married to Hannah Neeleman Wright, the face behind Ballerina Farm. The couple and their eight children have attracted equal amounts of positive and negative attention due to their unconventional lifestyle.

Legit.ng has recently published an article about surviving couples from Love Is Blind: Habibi. The 2024 hit show took viewers by storm with its cultural and traditional richness, as well as the drama that follows romantic relationships.

The show began with six pairs, with a few couples not making it to the end of the show. Read on and discover which singles hit it off, which ones got engaged and married, and which ones failed to work.

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